Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

The University of Vermont Medical Center filed a certificate of need, or CON application, with the state of Vermont Jan. 3, seeking approval to create a unified electronic health record system across four hospitals in the University of Vermont Health Network.

IT must be built into business strategy and development planning to fully realize its potential to enhance the broader organization, experts say.

Paul Griffin, previously professor in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech, has joined Purdue University as the new director of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering and professor of industrial engineering.

Atop the list: Emerging EHR functionality, cybersecurity, analytics and, of course, the next big thing.

CHIME CEO Russ Branzell commended her for pushing the envelope of what it means to be a chief information officer and HIMSS CEO Stephen Lieber said Arora advances the connection between IT and care quality.

Come by booth 7785 early and you can create a working prototype, based on a range of technologies from Arduino to Raspberry Pi, Webster said. 

Can one model for health data exchange emerge from the diverse HIE ecosystem that exists now?  

Children’s becomes the first hospital in Georgia to reach the highest rung on the EMRAM ladder.

The app enables clinicians to avoid multiple sign-ons and re-authentications within an EHR when accessing data from third-party sources. 

The system moved away from a hybrid approach including paper and electronic barcode scanning and sees it as a boon to patient safety.